Thursday, September 5, 2013

Reusing a Paper Tube

My daughter got a bow & arrow during our last summer trip. She wanted to get a holder for her arrows as well, but I convinced her we could make a better one at home using a paper tube that we had in the garage. And that is how this project started.

First I grabbed all the material we needed:

paper tube

lid of a medium margerine tub

string (old bag handle)

scrap paper

glitter glue

paint

brush

scissors

hot glue gun

newspaper

Then we needed to get the paper tube to be the correct size. I asked my husband to cut the tube in half and that took care of the size -- it was long enough to hold the arrows for her.

After that I covered an area in our garage with newspaper, defining our work area, and we followed the steps below to create a personalized container for my daughter's arrows :

Slit three rectangles (like you see in the picture) to tuck in the tube and hold the lid a bit better

Put one end of the string in (to get it secured under the lid), lid on, and glued the lid applying hot glue between the lid and the tube

Paint the bottom and let it dry

Use hot glue gun to attach the other end of the string inside the top of the tube

Done!

My daughter was very happy with the result and I was very proud of our successful project!

There are so many cool things you can make with paper tubes. Check out this video about different wonderful projects, including modern buildings and temporary housing, that architect Shigeru Ban created and documented since he started to experiment with ecologically-sound building materials, such as cardboard tubes and paper, in 1986. Very nice!

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